Basin.



W. A. BLOOM.

BASIN.

APPLICATION nun APE-10. 190a.

Patented Apr. 6, 1909.

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athunq \tlLLIAM A. BLOOM, OF ROCHESTER, NF YORK.

BASIN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 10, 1906.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM A. BLOOM, a

. citizen of the United States, residing at Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Basins, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to basins, being es-' pecially directed to an improved means for operatin the drain'pipe valve or stopper, and has or its objects to produce a comparatively simple, inex ensive device of this character wherein tie valve will be maintained normally inclosed position one wherein the valve may be quickly opened when circumstances require to drain the basin, and one in which the valve operating means will be com )letely housed and sealed from view, and obstruction of the basin, by the same, obviated.

Viith these and other objects in view, the invention comprises the novel features of construction and combination of parts more fully hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure l is a vertical sectional view taken centrally through a basin from front to rear and showing the same equipped with a valve operating;- n'iechanisin embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the mechanism applied to a bath tub.

Referring to the drawings, designates a basin of the usual or any preferred form having a discharge opening 12 leading to a drain pipe 3 adapted to communicate at its upper end with the lower end of an overllou pipe or duct 4 in turn having communication at its upper end with the basin through the me dium of overflow o )enings or ports livotcd at its longitu inal center as at 4'. in the lower portion of the duct 4 is a valve operating lever 7 to one end of which llltl' is piv-- oted the stem 8 of 'a valve or plug; .3 adapted to normally seat in and. for closing the opening 2, there being )ivoted to the oi hcr end of lever 7 a vertical having hearing adjacent, its upper end, which is equipped with a head or button It, in a tubulart-asing i 3 rmmmwted wit h and extending upwardly from the upper end f duct 4, there being; housed in the casing ll. :1 normallyexpanded springs; ti; having: hearing; at i rat n and interfere with the operation of the one end on the bottom of the casiing and at. its upper end against an abutment in the form of apin 14 extended transversely through the red, the spring serving to lift the push rod or element It) p upwardly, and permit the disengagement to Patented April 6, 1909.

Serial No. 310,990.

rod for actuating the lever 7 to maintain the valve 9 normally in closed position. Secured exteriorly upon the casing 12 is an angular or liook shaped spring lockin" member or finger 15, the lower extremity 0 which serves for the passage of the rivet or fastening member 21 while the laterallyextending upper extremity 22 of said locking member is adapted for engagement with a notch or recess 16 in the rod 10 for the purpose of looking or securing the latter .in depressed condition for. a purpose which will presently appear.

In seatet in the opening 2 to cut oil discharge'of water from the basin and that it is desired to open the valve, the operator places hisfinger upon head it and depresses rod 10 against the action of spring 13, thusrocking the lever 7 on its pivot and raising the valves away from its seat, it bcing apparent that when the rod is pressed downward locking member 15 will spring into engagement with the notch or keeper .6 for locking the parts in such condition and with the valve. When it is desircd to again close the valve the head i] "is grasped and the rod lil'ted whereupoii the laterally extending; portion 2'3 of the member l5 will yield upwardly and spring; out of 011- at,

gagcnlcnt with the notch ()IJOCGHS Hi and the spring 13 will expand lor exerting pressure to matntiun the valve in seated condition.

It will be readily seen that. direct manipu- 9O lation of the locking member 15 is not required und r the construction herein dosrribed, which permits the laterally extending: portion 22 of said locking nu-mbcr to antomatically enter into engagement with the a notch or recess 16 ol the rod to when the lat:- ter is do, )r -ss -d or lowed in a downward direction, to cli'vrt the release or disengagement of the rod 1 lawn the locking member it is only ncccsr ward direction, when the laterally extending portion 22 of the loclcing member will'yield be etlected.

The construction described is simple and inexpensive, and it. is. not found necessary to provide the casing 12 with notches or apertures through WllK'll dirt might enter Into the ractiec, supposing the valve 9 tobe"-70 try to pull said rod in an up- 100 that above described, except that the duct 4 is in the form of a pipe connected upon the vessel which is in the form of a bath tub, as distinguished from the construction shown in Fig. 1 in which the duct 4 is cast in one piece with the vessel or basin 1.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A device of the character described, comprising a receptacle provided with a drain pipeand having an opening leading thereto, an overflow duct communicating with the receptacle and pipe, a valve designed to close the drain opening, an operating lever pivoted in the overflow duct and connected with the valve, a substantially straight push rod rovided with a notch and connected with t e lever for operatin the same, a casing through which the PM has sliding movement between its ends, a s ring housed in the casing and about the rod and adapted to act upon the rod for maintaining the valve in closed position, and a spring lockin strip secured at one end to the exte rior o the casing and having a right angularly bent finger projecting inwardly over the top) of the casing with its free end arran ed ear directly upon the rod and adapte to engage the notch therein to hold the valve in open osition.

2. n a device of the class described, the combination of a receptacle having a projecting rim portion, a drain opening and an overflow opening, a drain pipe, an overflow duct independent of the receptacle and havin a vertical portion in communication with said overflow opening and a horizontal portion connecting said vertical portion with the drain opening, a valve controlling said drain opening, a pivoted lever in the. horizontal portion of the duct connected with the valve and extending at one end portion of the duct, mounted upon the upper end of the vertica portion of the duct and beneath the rim, a rod slidaoly mounted in said vertical p0 tion of the duct and casin and throu h th nected at its lower em with the lever, said rod being provided with a notch, a sprin within the casing acting on the rod to hold the valve closed, and a spring locking strip ve rim and consecured at one end to the exterior of the easing and havin a right angularly bent finger projecting inwardly over the top of the casing with its free end disposed between the casing and rim and arranged to bear directly upon the rod and adapted to engage the notch therein to hold the valve in open position.

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM A. BLOOM.

Witnesses JOSEPH E. PEo, ELLsWOR'rH G. PLAYER. 

